Mudd then appeared to criticize the lack of gun legislation, a legislative hurdle that continues to divide many congressional leaders on party lines.

"I have 1o nieces and nephews who are talking about bump-stocks, who are talking about legislation," Mudd continued, referring to the device that allows semi-automatic rifles to fire rapidly. "A child of God is dead."

"Cannot we acknowledge in this country that we can't, we cannot accept this," Mudd said, before being overwhelmed with emotion. "I can't do it Wolf, I'm sorry."

Nikolas Cruz, a 19-year-old former student of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, was identified as the gunman and taken into custody by the police.